It's taken forever
To get back to the start
I've been piecing together
The past torn apart
The street lights are glowing
But all the houses are dark
And I carry midnight in my heart
There's no way, I can change, what the world has done to you
Oh nightingale don't be cruel

The space that I'm missing
There's a hole in my mind
I thought life would be different
I thought god would become
Were all stuck in transition
Were all prisoners of time
I mean to look for ahead not behind
And there's no way, you can change, what the world has done to me
Oh nightingale, my nightingale, oh nightingale set me free

And there's no way, I can change all the sadness that we know
Oh nightingale, my nightingale, my nightingale let me go
Oh nightingale, oh nightingale, my nightingale let me go